Pneumonia outbreak associated with group a Streptococcus species at a military training facility.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on January 20, 2005

Authors

Nancy F Crum1, Kevin L Russell, Edward L Kaplan, Mark R Wallace, Jianguo Wu, Parvin Ashtari, Dana J Morris, Braden R Hale

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Diseases Division, Clinical Investigation Dept., Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA 92134-1005, USA. nfcrum@nmcsd.med.navy.mil

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